Improvement in weather-strips



1Ac0 HAESSEL.

Improvement inWeather-Strips.

Patentedl lune 4,1872.

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JACOB HAESSEL, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,599, dated June 4, 1872.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB HAESSEL, ot' the city of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and in thev State ot' Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Weather-Strips for Doors, and do hereby declare that the t'ollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figure l represents an elevation ofthe door and weather-strip; Fig. 2, an elevation (sectional) through lines z z, Fig'. 3; lig. 3, horizontal section along line a a a a, Fig. l; Fig. 4, a perspective view, with part of strip removed.

This invention consists of a strip of meta-l i pivoted within a hood or guard, and is made to turn down onto the threshold by the pressure of a lug against a stop or catch set in said threshold, but is kept back, when the door is open, by a spring. The hood or guard and the movable weather-strip are attached to the bottom of the door, and the strip closes against the threshold when the door is shut, and excludes rain, Wind, and snow.

A is the door; DDthejambs; C, a hood of thin metal, attached to the door horizontally above the lower edge of the same, which covers a second metal strip, B, of similar shape, which is mounted at its middle part and at either end on attached brackets a a a. These are pivoted upon a horizontal rod, b, which passes through each bracket, and the rod is held against the door by vthree bearings d d d screwed to the door. The central bracket a f is provided with a lug, e, whichstrikes the catch f set in the threshold g on closing the door, and brings down the lower edge of the strip B ilush7 with the said threshold. The

'upper extremity of this bracket a is engaged on the end ot' a spring rod, h, which presses the upper part of said strip B again st the door, so as to keep the saine from striking the threshold before the door is closed. The spring It is a wire or rod, iirmly fastened at one end to the door or other fixed point. The recess k in the door receives the -lug when the door is closed.

The operation of this device is as follows: When the door A is open the strip B remains raised,the springh above the pivot-rod b pressing its bracket a/ against the door, so as not to strike the threshold until the door closes, when the catch fis struck bythe lug` e of said bracket, and the strip B is then forced down flush against the outer slope of the thresholdstrip g or threshold, so as to exclude rain, snow, and Wind. v

The whole ofthe mechanism is defended by the hood C, whereby it is protected from rain or snow; hence it cannot become clogged both the hood and the strip B are also covered at either end next to the jambs D D, also for this purpose.

What I claim as my invention is- The weather-strip B C, when constructed with the hood C, the pivot-rod b, bearings d d d, selfadjusting strip B, with its brackets a a a, lug e, spring h, in combination with the catch f, threshold g, and door-A, substantially as described.

1n testimony that I claim the foregoing door weather-strip I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of March, 1872.

JACOB HAESSEL.

Witnesses:

J AMES M. MORSE, HENRY W. WELLS. 

